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To: Sully- who wrote (60091)	6/18/2007 5:59:15 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

House rejects security fence at the border by Mike Sunnucks The Business Journal of Phoenix June 15, 2007 The U.S. House of Representatives shot down a proposal Friday by U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz, that would have built an 854-mile, double layered security fences along the Mexican border. Franks noted that only 13 miles of a Mexican border fence approved last year have been built and that the fencing is needed to improve border security. "With over 4,000 people crossing our southern border illegally every day, our border remains one of our country's most critical national security vulnerabilities. In order to carry out an act of terrorism, a militant Islamist simply needs a porous border and a dangerous weapon," said Franks in a statement. Franks represents Glendale, Peoria, Sun City and Kingman. The fence plan failed by 272 to 149 votes. Most Democrats (including Arizona congressional members Harry Mitchell, Gabrielle Giffords , Ed Pastor and Raul Grijalva) voted against the border fence plan. Most Republicans (including Franks and fellow Arizona Reps. Rick Renzi and John Shadegg) voted for the comprehensive fence plan. Mesa GOP Congressman Jeff Flake crossed party lines and vote against the border fence bill. The House did approve an overall homeland and border security appropriations bill Friday. Mitchell said he backed that bill because it allocates federal money to hire more Border Patrol Agents and resources to deport violent illegal immigrant criminals. "Deporting those illegal immigrants who have committed violent crimes is absolutely imperative to keeping our communities safe," Mitchell said in a statement. Mitchell represents Tempe and Scottsdale. The state's four Democratic representatives and Renzi voted for the final bill. Flake, Franks and Shadegg opposed. The votes could be a precursor to a big political fight over immigration reforms, a guest worker program and how to deal with the 12 million illegal immigrants already in the U.S. milwaukee.bizjournals.com

To: Sully- who wrote (60091)	6/18/2007 6:01:14 PM
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BBC unmasked The British Broadcasting Corp. has "failed to promote proper debate on major political issues because of the inherent liberal culture of its staff," a report commissioned by the BBC itself has concluded. Coverage of single-issue political causes, such as climate change and poverty, can be biased -- particularly Live 8 coverage, which it says amounted to endorsement. The report warned "that celebrities must not be pandered to and allowed to hijack the BBC schedule." It concluded that BBC staff must be more willing to challenge their own beliefs. "There is a tendency to 'group think' with too many staff inhabiting a shared space and comfort zone." A staff impartiality seminar held last year is also documented in the report, at which executives said they would broadcast images of the Bible being thrown away but not the Koran, in case Muslims were offended. "During the seminar, a senior BBC reporter also criticized the corporation for being anti-American," the London Daily Telegraph reported yesterday.